Primero Mayo — Ciudad Nueva Santa Cruz: 1:2, Nacional B

Primero Mayo fell to Ciudad Nueva Sant Cruz 2-1 in the sixth round of Nacional B on Sunday evening. The result moved the visitors level on points with their hosts at the top of the table. By then the match had already shown its character.

There were no minute-by-minute events supplied for this fixture, but the numbers tell a story. The hosts registered 94 attacks against 59 from the visitors, yet they could not find the net twice. To be fair, Sant Cruz were sharper when it mattered.

The statistics show the hosts dominated territory. They won 3 corners to 5, but more telling was the attack count. 94 versus 59 and still a loss. The visitors rescued a point through efficiency rather than volume.

We had tipped the hosts at 60 per cent confidence. The forecast did not come through. And here's the thing — when a team controls so much of the game and still loses, you have to look at what went wrong, not just the final score.

Primero Mayo remain first on goal difference, but now sit on 12 points alongside Sant Cruz on 11. The gap is one point after six rounds. The hosts dropped a win they should have taken.

For Sant Cruz this extends their unbeaten run to five games across all competitions. They had lost only once in their previous six matches before this trip. The away end never stopped, even if the result was tighter than the scoreline suggested.